Bowling battery dominates Under 19 World Cup - Part 1 - Opinion
Low scores, tumbling wickets and significant zip and movement off the tracks at the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Under 19 World Cup of 2012 has offered so far. Despite the batsmen occasionally
show casing their brilliance on the pitch by playing an array of top quality shots, the Under 19 bowlers from sides such as the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 and India have dominated their opponents with inelegant ease. It seems as if the extra pace and
bounce on offer in Queensland is reminiscent of how the Gabba pitch used to play at the senior level. Most bowlers had created significant problems for those batsmen that had been accustomed to playing on placid wickets such as the Nepalese and the Indians.
One of the highlights of the tournament so far has been http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kamal-c70069 Passi of India. The 19-year-old from Amritsar in India bowled one of the most devastating spells in the history of the ICC Under 19 World Cup. Despite his opposition being mildly timid, Passi’s
spell is perhaps more significant in light of the situation that his team was confronting. His six wicket haul against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 derailed a magnificent chase by the Africans. Malcolm Lake’s terrific century went in vain as the early damage done by Passi was
too hot to handle. His spell of 6 wickets for 23 runs is a throwback to the old days where bowling good spells with impunity was possible. Nowadays, the game is almost grossly dominated by the batsmen who notch up mammoth totals at a frequent pace on placid
wickets. Yet, a bowler such as Passi has demonstrated that pitching the ball up or in the corridor of uncertainty, helps yield significant dividends. Many of the under-19 batsmen were forced to prod or http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ian-Douglas-Fisher-c63819 outside their off stumps in the nascent stages of
their innings that had led to their demise.
Not many scores of 250 plus have been registered in this World Cup so far, which is odd, given that the enthusiastic under 19 players normally have a penchant for big scoring. The big scores that have been registered have been a product of dishing it out
against minnow bowling attacks. The first game of the tournament between Pakistan and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Afghanistan-c745 for example, saw the former notch up 253 against an impotent Afghan bowling attack at the JBO in Buderim. Similarly, Australia’s encounter with Nepal at the Tony
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nepal-c2965 in their innings were spells
of sheer ferocity as the minnows folded to just 82 in response.
These games stand in stark contrast to other closely fought encounters in the preliminary stages of the global tournament. One prime example was the game between the West Indies and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 game at Townsville. The West Indian bowlers, such as Ronsford Beaton
and Jerome http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501 music. Beaton managed to extract
significant movement off the track which troubled some the most astute batsmen.
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